Ottawa seniors sneak trip and officials visit D.C.
Ottawa University seniors left early for an undisclosed destination likely in the Ozarks with Dr. Anne Greer and Prof. Glen Dick guiding 51 seniors. Mayor Kenneth Andrews and commissioners Grogan and Queen, plus Lamar Phillips, traveled to Washington to seek funding for flood control in the Marais des Cygnes valley for the next fiscal year and will join Missouri Basin representatives for a Tuesday budget hearing.
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Ottawa University
Anne Greer
Glen Dick
Kenneth Andrews
James Grogan
Charles Queen
Lamar Phillips
Washington
Bureau of the Budget
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Missouri Basin
Squirrel causes east side blackout in Providence
A foraging squirrel tripped an oil switch, causing a 30 minute power outage across half of Providence's east side. The animal was killed in the short circuit, a utility spokesman said.
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Providence
R. I
Alma Harris Observes 107th Birthday in Sackets Harbor
Alma B. Harris, alert and interested in world affairs, marks her 107th birthday in Sackets Harbor. She is the mother of the late John D. Harris former mayor of Watertown and lives with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Frederick H Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sackets Harbor
N.Y
Alma B. Harris
Reuther To Speak At Kansas Meeting
Walter Reuther president of the United Auto Workers will address the 1960 Kansas Conference on World Affairs at Kansas State University Manhattan on Oct 21. Announcement by Victor Haflich Garden City president of the Kansas Council on World Affairs and Roy Durham Emporia State College executive secretary released through official channels.
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Emporia (Ap
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Victor W. Haflich
Garden City
Kansas Council On World Affairs, Inc
Roy Durham
Emporia State College
Weather County Forecast Mostly fair and warmer this afternoon
County forecast shows mostly fair conditions and a slight warming trend this afternoon with partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday. Highs around 75 to 80 this afternoon, lows near 50, cooler Tuesday with highs in the lower 70s.
Garnett Family Rehabilitating After Auto Crash Injuries
Dr. C B Harris wife and daughters Sara and Kathy of Garnett recover in Kansas City after an Allen County crash on Friday night en route to a Yates Center football game. Harris suffers two broken ankles, a broken leg, cuts. Mrs Harris concussion and broken arm. Sara brain concussion. Kathy minor injuries. Kathy stays in Garnett with relatives.
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C. B. Harris
Sara
Garnett
Trinity Lutheran Hospital
Kansas City
Harris
Kathy
Yates Center
Allen County
New Curbs On Alcohol Urged At WCTU Convention
Portland Maine AP officials of the Women's Christian Temperance Union urged new prohibitive and regulatory legislation to curb drink related crimes and casual ties. Miss Jean Hanse of Evanston Illinois argued drinking mothers fuel teen delinquency. Mrs Fred J Tooze of Evanston Illinois and Portland Oregon was re elected president by acclamation.
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Portland
Maine
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Glenn G. Hays
Washington
D.C
Ransom
Kan
Ipast
WCTU
Jean Hanse
Evanston
The
Loyal Temperance Legion
Fred J. Tooze
Til
Ore
Last Man's Club Holds Reunion in Coffeyville
In Coffeyville twenty two members of the Last Man's Club of Company A 139th Infantry 35th Division gathered for their annual WWI reunion. Officers elected include Cecil J. Preshaw Dallas Texas president Homer Carrington Coffeyville vice president L J Benefiel Coffeyville secretary Frank Bradbury Coffeyville treasurer and Roy Richardson Coffeyville keeper of the port a wine bottle to be passed to the last survivor.
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Coffeyville
139Th Infantry
Coffeeyville
Cecil J. Preshaw
Dallas
Tex
Joe McHatton
Los Angeles
Homer Carrington
L. J. Benefiel
Frank Bradbury
Roy ‘Richardson
Eisenhower Warns Deficit Spending Threatens U S Leadership
President Eisenhower denounces deficit spending as dangerous to America's leadership at home and abroad. He warns it weakens the nation and stalls free enterprise, urging restraint except in emergencies during a Philadelphia stopover en route to talks with Nehru and Nasser. He stresses a strong economy as vital to global influence and security. He plans to address the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and attend Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Eisenhower
New York
Nehru J
India
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations
America
Seven Die On State Roads in Kansas Traffic Toll
Seven people died in Kansas traffic accidents over the weekend. Wellington residents Alice Baker 28 and daughter Janice Sue 8 were killed in a train car collision. Sedgwick residents Phillip Sellars 40 and Karen Plumer 16 died in a two car crash east of Sedgwick. Kingfisher Oklahoma resident Oscar Green 51 died when his car hit a bridge west of Goodland. A Topeka southeast rural road crash killed F C Kirk of Lawrence. Katherine Shumate 7 of Minneola died Sunday from injuries in a rear truck crash near Dodge City.
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Alice Baker
Janice Sue
Wellington
Santa Fe
Phillip Albert Sellars
Karen Sue Plumer
Sedgwick
Kan
Oscar G. Green
Kingfish
Dodge City
U.S. 283
Traffic Toll In Topeka Logs 48-Hour Death Toll
Kansas traffic death log records 48 hours up to 9 am includes 9 am to 7 am and 1960 344 comparisons to 1959 434. Noted addition of Wednesday death not previously counted.
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Topeka
Kansas
TV Survey On Educational TV In Kansas Considered
Lt Gov Henkle said the Legislative Council will discuss a survey on educational television feasibility in Kansas. The Twin City Area Educational TV Corp of St Paul prepared the study. State Sen Laurin Jones disclosed a report recommending a statewide network of six transmitters at an initial cost of 6.7 million dollars.
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Great Bend
Kan
Kansas
State Legislative Council
Joe Henkle
Twin City
Lodge Assails Khrushchev Talk at Haircut News Conference
New York AP Henry Cabot Lodge, former U.N. ambassador and Republican VP hopeful, denounced Soviet Premier Khrushchev s UN reorganization proposals as frivolous horseplay and demagoguery during an impromptu news conference while getting a haircut. He warned that replacing Dag Hammarskjold with a three man commission and moving UN headquarters would destroy the UN, a plan he said has no chance. Lodge noted Khrushchev mentioned him five times in the UN speech, calling it a compliment.
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New York
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations
Lodge
Khrushchev
U.N
Dag Hammiarskjold
United States
TV Debates Highlight 1960 White House Clash Tonight
The 1960 presidential race unfolds on television with Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy addressing a national audience across four networks. The first debate runs 7:30 p.m. CST with eight minute opening statements, moderated Q&A, and brief rebuttal and summations, culminating in a Kennedy final toss of the coin for last word.
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Chicago
White House
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Abraham
Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
U.S. Senate
Nixon
Kennedy
Howard K. Smith
CBS
Eaton urges expansion of trade to avert cold war
Cyrus Eaton of Cleveland called on the United States Canada and the Soviet Union to replace the arms race with a concerted effort to expand international trade in a peaceful world. He warned the alternative is continued cold war with inflation heavier taxes and possible nuclear war. Eaton, chairman of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, has major interests in steel, mining and other industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cyrus Eaton
Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Canada
Soviet Union
Eaton
Nikita Khrushchev
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
West's Counterattack On Soviet Proposals Begins
NEW YORK AP Khrushchev accelerates outreach to neutrals as he presses a three bloc UN reform plan. He meets Fidel Castro's U.N. speech, plans talks with Nehru and Eisenhower, and attends a Cyrus Eaton luncheon to discuss expanding trade with North America. He frames a proposed U.N. restructuring with veto rights for three groups and warns of continued cold war without reform.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Cleveland
Cyrus Eaton
Soviet Union
U. N
Kremlin
O L E Haff Dies At Home In Ottawa
O L E Haff 64 of 1445 S Hickory Ottawa retired superintendent of Ottawa Water and Light died at his home yesterday morning He came to Ottawa in 1949 and retired November 1 He earlier led Coffeyville Water and Light for 20 years He was born November 11 1895 at Olsburg son of Gabriel Jonathan and Hannah Peterson Haff He married Henrietta Miller April 27 1919 in Hanston He belonged to Westminster United Presbyterian Church a 32nd degree Mason and Eastern Star member He was in the U S Army in World War I Surviving are his widow three sons Lawrence V Haff Glen Rock NJ Buford W Haff Idaho Falls ID and Jim M Haff Raytown MO two daughters Mrs John Hodge Harbor Springs MI and Mrs Norval Whisler Hickman Mills MO 16 grandchildren and three sisters Services will be at Lamb Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 pm with Dr Robert Scott Coffeyville and Rev E E Castor officiating Burial in Highland Cemetery.
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O. L. E. Haff
S. Hickory
Ottawa Water and Light Department
Ottawa
Coffeyville Water and Light Department
Olsburg
Gabriel Jonathan
Hannah Peterson Haff
Henriettta Miller
Hanston
Westminster United Presbyterian Church
Eastern Star
Coffeyville
American Legion
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Jim M. Haff
Raytown
John Hodge
Harbor Springs
Mich
Norval Whisler
Hickman Mills
Inez Gibson
Dodge City
Winnie Halleck
Los Angeles
Calif
Lenore Markwin
Glendale
The
Lamb Funeral Home
Robert Scott
E. E. Castor
Highland Cemetery
U. S. Protests Berlin Incident
The United States protested to the Soviet Union over the temporary halting of Ambassador Walter C. Dowling as he tried to enter East Berlin. Maj. Gen. Ralph M. Osborn delivered the oral protest in Berlin. Dowling was told only diplomats accredited to East Germany could enter East Berlin, an order he challenged with a State Department pass.
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Bonn
Germany
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Walter C. Dowling
East Berlin
Berlin
Ralph M. Osborne
Osborne
Dowling
State Department
West Berlin
Re-Elected To Helm Of Gold Star Mothers
Mrs. Joan K. Wilmer of Pittsburg was reelected president of the National Gold Star Mothers at the organization's convention in Pittsburg. The 191 meeting will be held in Winona, Munn.
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Gold Star
Pittsburg
Joan Kk. Wilmer
National Gold Star Mothers
Winona
Munn
Soil Conservation Award Program Returns to Franklin County
Don A. Brown county agent announced the Soil Conservation award program will again be held in Franklin County and chair a committee to select candidates. Sponsored by the Kansas Bankers Association agricultural committee, last year’s awardees included Mr. and Mrs. Nels Kristenson Mr. and Mrs. Roy Herring and Willis Nursery Company. Nominations may be submitted by any county resident to the county agent by November 1.
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Franklin County
Don A. Brown
Brown
Kansas Bankers’ Association
Nels G. Kristenson
Roy Herring
Willis Nursery Company
Kansas
Princess Alexandra Welcomed in Lagos Independence Eve
Britain’s Princess Alexandra arrived in Lagos to inaugurate Nigeria’s independence celebrations before Saturday’s transfer of power. Prime Minister Balewa and nationalist Nnamdi Azikiwe greeted her at the airport as about 30,000 people cheered. She will represent Queen Elizabeth at Nigeria’s official independence.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Britain
Alexandra
Sir Abubakar Balewa
Nandi Azikiwe
Elizabeth
Western powers push back as Khrushchev targets UN
In New York, Western states launch a counter-offensive against Soviet moves to revise the United Nations. Prime Minister Diefenbaker accuses Khrushchev of lip service and a plan to undermine the UN while Eisenhower meets Nehru and Nasser to rally support. Dag Hammarskjöld appears to defend the organization as the crisis over the secretary-general’s role unfolds.
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New York
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
World Organization
John G. Diefenbaker
Canada
Assembly
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Nehru
India
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Khrueshchev
United States
Dag Hane Marskjold
General Assembly
Diefenbaker
U N At A Glance Crisis Ties Congo Attacks
Dag Hammarskjold warns the United Nations that its future is at stake as crisis from Soviet actions against Congo activities escalates. Eisenhower seeks talks with Nehru and Nasser. Fidel Castro speech awaited. Assembly continues policy speeches with Eisenhower meeting Macmillan. Indonesia’s Sukarno due in New York.
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Dag Hammarskjold
U. N
Congo
Eisenhower
Nehru
Nasser
Fidel Castro
Macmillan
Sukarne
Indonesia
New York
Diefenbaker Attacks Khrushchev Over Independence Proposals
In a vigorous counterattack Diefenbaker scorns Khrushchev's plan for immediate independence in dependent areas and calls for free elections in Soviet controlled regions. Meanwhile Novotny backs a three member commission for UN reform, praising democratic principles. Fidel Castro prepares a lengthy Cuba critique as UN sees stormy sessions ahead.
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Diefenbaker
Khrushchev
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Corps of U. S. Army Engineers
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Cone
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Last Man’s Club
Eisenhower Ex-change Fellowships, Inc
Associated Press
Nikita
Lamb
West
Cuba
Castro
U.N. General Assembly
Hammarskjold
Theestate
Oo. L. E
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Novotny
Novotny
Khneshchev
Argentina
Hammarsk
China
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